CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 3 END-OF-UNIT 1 TEST
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Date
End-of-unit 1 test: Story writing with Roald Dahl
Reading
Read the extract from Matilda in Session 1.2 of the Learner’s Book.
Then answer questions 1–5.
1
Miss Honey’s cottage was very small. What did the writer think
it looked like? Circle the correct answer.
a large shack
2
a doll’s house
a small dwelling
a royal palace
[1]
Find three adjectives in the text that describe the bricks.
[1]
3
What does the word crumbly mean?
[1]
4
How was the tree hiding the cottage from the rest of the world?
Use the text to explain your answer.
[2]
5
Read the word house. Write another word with the same sound pattern.
[1]
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 3 END-OF-UNIT 1 TEST
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Read the extract from The Enormous Crocodile in Session 1.6 of the Learner’s Book.
Then answer questions 6–10.
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Tick () the boxes that best describe this extract.
Non-fiction
Narrative
Dialogue
A character description
Information
7
[1]
Write two noun phrases from the text.
a
b
8
[1]
Write three speech verbs from the text.
[1]
9
Why does the Enormous Crocodile want to find children?
Use the text to explain your answer.
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 3 END-OF-UNIT 1 TEST
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Writing
Read the extract from The Enormous Crocodile in Session 1.6 of the Learner’s Book.
Imagine the meeting between the crocodile and one of the jungle animals.
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Which animal does the crocodile meet?
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What does the animal do and say when it meets the crocodile?
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What does the crocodile do or say?
1
Write some noun phrases to describe the jungle animal.
Planning:
2
Write some speech verbs you could use in a conversation between the crocodile
and the jungle animal.
Planning:
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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 3 END-OF-UNIT 1 TEST
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Date
Plan a description of the meeting and the conversation between the two animals.
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Write in the third person narrative like the extract from The Enormous Crocodile.
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Use the past tense for the narrative.
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Remember to use speech marks and new lines for each speaker for the dialogue.
Planning:
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Write your conversation between the animals.
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Try to use the style of noun phrases used in the extract.
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Take care with your punctuation.
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Try to use different sentence types.
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Take care with your spelling.
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